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Consistent 40 FPS is the absolute minimum in most games for me. 45 FPS is pretty ideal, 60 FPS is a bonus. 30 FPS is not really enjoyable to me since I notice the low framerate too much.
I was amazed to see how big of a difference 30 to 40 makes. It feels much closer to 60 to me. It looks "normal" to me as opposed to 60 that looks extra smooth and 30 that looks choppy.
that's because it's basically the half way point between 60 fps and 30fps in frame times.
60 fps is 16ms per frame
40 fps is 25ms per frame
30 fps is 33ms per frame
Exactly this for me as well... I will add the caveat that if I had to lower the native resolution to boost performance, upscale/FSR artifacting needs to be minimal and not mess with legibility. Some games look phenomenal upscaled (like, 99% as good as native resolution) and it's not an issue... others, not so much.
EDIT: phrasing, grammar is hard when typing I guess.
I can deal with somewhat blurry game if the UI is sharp. So games with built in upscaling are ideal but not very common sadly.